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Al Franken has transformed himself from comedian and political satirist to the junior Democratic senator from Minnesota. Now he’s running for reelection.

Feb 20, 2014Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) meets with employee, Cornett Edwards Jr., while touring the E.J. Ajax Metal Forming Solutions in Fridley, Minn. Franken introduced himself to more than a dozen E.J. Ajax Metal Forming journey workers and apprentices that have graduated from the Dunwoody, Hennepin and Anoka technical colleges. After the tour, he met with local education and workforce development leaders.Jenn Ackerman/For The Washington Post

White nationalists, met by counterprotesters, held a Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville after torch-bearing protesters marched through the University of Virginia campus the night before. During the rally, a vehicle plowed into a crowd marching peacefully through downtown Charlottesville.

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